Another time he told us that he was walking in the street when he saw a man with a wagon full of apples, hawking his wares in order to attract customers. The Chofetz Chaim noticed, though, that not a soul came to buy from him. 'I came back two hours later,' the Chofetz Chaim continued, 'and I saw that the man was still standing in the same place crying out to people to come and buy, but still no one came to him. I went over to him and asked what he was shouting about since he was not making any sales. The man answered me, "Look Rebbe, it's true that I shout all day, but when I come home in the evening and make an accounting of what I have earned I see that boruch Hashem I have with what to live."'
'Do you understand?' the Chofetz Chaim asked. 'A person must cry out. When we cry out to Hashem once, twice, three times, and then once again and yet again, Hakodosh Boruch Hu answers! There is no question about it. We are certainly no worse than that Jew. All we have to do is cry out, to beg Hashem to answer us.'"
